Posted by <normanstrong on 09/19/05 15:40

"Bratboy" <DontBother@Takeallthisaway.tde.com> wrote in message
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> "Bob Frolek" <BobFrolek@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On a dvd recorder, what actually does Standby-On mean? Are Standy and
>> On alternatives, as in an On/Off lightswitch? Or does this switch
>> toggle between Standby-On and Standby-Off?
>>
>> On my Philips DVD-615 the Standby-On button is a toggle that displays
>> either an icon that looks like a cactus or an icon made of the letters
>> TV. It makes no mention of "Standby".
>>
>> For a Timer Recording, after storing and exiting Timer, I come to the
>> instruction "Press Standby-On to switch off the DVD recorder". So
>> what do I need to see? Cactus or TV? (Seems odd to me that I have to
>> switch off the recorder to record something). The situation is further
>> clouded by the next explanation that "The DVD recorder must be in
>> standby mode for the timer recording to occur." (Which seems to imply
>> that the DVD must be switched on.) BTW there appears to be no simple
>> On/Off switch on this machine.
>>
>> Currently I'm getting Timer recording to work only about 40% of th
>> time I try to record.
>>
>> Can some kind soul please get me out of thuis mess?
>>
>
> Okay will give it a shot. Normally systems, just like computers, have
> several settings. On/Off/standby. On and off are simple enough but
> stand-by is a sort of limbo where there is still a bit of power so that
> when it needs to pwr on its rdy to go instead of going thru a full power
> up.. Now thats a very simplistic description but in a nutshell, sort of
> like how with modern computers you have options of turning off (full
> shutdown) or you can use standby which basically suspends the system and
> reduces pwr consuption but when you wake it up its right where you left
> off instead of needing to completely boot up.

I'll give it a shot too. It seems that the switch toggles between the 2
possibilities: Standby or On. If I'm right, there will have to be an
indicator light that tells what position it's in. At least there has to be
one for On.

If it meant that the standby mode was on, it would have been labelled
without the hyphen: Standby on, and the O in on would not be capitalized.

Admittedly, this is poor ergonomics. I would have used a / between the 2
words; it would have been much clearer.

Norm

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